Historic Yorkshire dialect, language and sayings @UoYBorthwick. Website to follow. Get in touch with examples you've found!
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In amongst the hugely important world events we are experiencing, worth taking a moment to consider that the police believe multiple public officials at the heart of government committed criminal offences. Worth asking how this happened and what it says about this govt.
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My grandfather living in North Yorkshire always called them :”pricky—backed otchins
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📚 Happy #DictionaryDay 📚 We want to know what your favourite #Dictionary is.
Ours is the Yorkshire Historical Dictionary - @YorksDictionary - a treasure trove of knowledge about the Yorkshire dialect throughout history!
👉 yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.… yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.…
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Did you know that in Yorkshire, ‘dog’ has meant more things than just a furry friend?
The @YorksDictionary tells us that it can mean 'A metal nail, used to secure one object to another.' The first recorded usage was in 1576!
#NationalDogDay #ArchiveDictionary #Barkives
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Badger, barker, brighelbayn, burrhead, carl, chapman, lorimer, mucker, nailer, neatherd, webster, wherreours, woodward. These are just a few words about #YorkshirePeople in @YorksDictionary. Find out their meanings at yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.… #YorkshireDay #ArchiveDictionary
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Think you know you're Yorkshire dialects? Well @NickAhad is ready to put it to the test with the help of our resident #Yorkshire language expert Alexandra Medcalf (@alexinarchives)
Can you tell us what 'nifle' (pron. n-eye-full) means to #Yorkshire folk?
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If you're near the Fairhurst at 5pm this evening, why not take a look (and hear) at our Digital Creativity Exhibition? Our students will be showing the art they've made in the last week, inspired by the #YorkMinster Library and @UoYBorthwick collections, and the @YorksDictionary.
ALT A montage of digitally manipulated images stuck to a stone wall; a bill poster reads "For One Night Only: The Glazier Room, Heslington: Mr Harry Fairhurst presents An Exhilarating Exhibition Of Digital Creativity On Wednesday June 19th 2019."
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Do you know the meaning of nifle, smoot, and squib? Not to worry, because the newly launched Yorkshire Dictionary can give you the answers. @lucydenyer discusses the new volume, edited by Alexandra Medcalf @UoYBorthwick, for @Telegraph bit.ly/2FGnqGL #Yorkshire
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Not sure if this is related, but locally we had "Riding the Stang" as a humiliating punishment for erring husbands and wives. There's lots of regional variations for this old European folk custom.
A reminder of the darker side of women's history, for #InternationalWomensDay
Here, Jane Haxoppe of Bishopthorpe is presented as a scold and was punished by being "carried through the city of York tomorrow in the market time upon the thew" (V.1575/CB2, ff.24v-25r)
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We're looking forward to @alexinarchives talk tomorrow at our #Wakefield office about the Yorkshire Historical Dictionary project! If you want to find out more about the importance of regional language and dialect, book your ticket here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire…
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On #InternationalMotherLanguageDay, don’t forget to take a peek at our @YorksDictionary at yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.…
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There's still a few places available for Alexandra Medcalf's FREE TALK on the fab "Yorkshire Historic Dictionary" project Tuesday 26th Feb 11-12.30pm at the West Yorkshire History Centre in Wakefield. Book your place on Eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire…
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Don't forget to buy your tickets for our Mint Yard Lecture tomorrow night @YorkExplore! We've got @alexinarchives talking about the brilliant @YorksDictionary project. Tickets also available in person on the night. bit.ly/2CxQrl1 @yorkpress @theyorkmix @CityofYork
Don't miss our next talk @YorkExplore on 19th February at 6.45pm. Book tickets here: exploreyork.org.uk/event/the…
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Reserve a seat for the FREE TALK on the 'Yorkshire Historic Dictionary' taking place at @wyorksarchives Wakefield on TUES 26th FEB, 11-12:30pm. Hear Alexandra Medcalf, based @UoYBorthwick, talk about what the dictionary can reveal about Yorkshire's past. eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire…
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Our latest corrections and clarifications include Stephen Twigg and the Cooper amendment, and the
@YorksDictionary theguardian.com/news/2019/ja…
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If you haven't done so already, be sure to make some time to get lost in the @YorksDictionary :-)
yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.… If you ever wanted to know why "Mean Bridge" in Meltham is called that, you'll find the answer there!
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Snicket, Ale-draper, Fettle; @alexinarchives from @UoYBorthwick talks about a new dictionary recording 4,000 weird and wonderful old #Yorkshire words @BBCYorkshire bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-yo…
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"If you don't record these words then they'll go," says @IMcMillan of the new Yorkshire Historical Dictionary @YorksDictionary. What a fantastic resource! bbc.in/2FCLta1
#yorkshire #dialect #words
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New dictionary records 4,000 Yorkshire dialect words bbc.in/2DfHRcy
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And when you've explored yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.…, why not take a look at what some of our students built in our #DigitalCreativity week using the dictionary data as their inspiration?
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/…
